The Federal Government has set August 1, 2025, as the deadline to begin issuing penalties to foreigners who have overstayed their visas.
However, it opened an online immigration amnesty portal in July to allow affected individuals to regularize their stay before the penalties take effect.
Minister of interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said this at a stakeholders’ sensitisation on major Nigeria Immigration Service innovations in international passenger travel, at the Service headquarters in Abuja on Monday.
Tunji-ojo says that the recently launched electronic visa regime has processed over 14,000 applications within its first six weeks.